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[Chorus]
Jesus and Elvis, painted on velvet
Hanging at the bar here every night
It's good to be back again, oh me and my old friends
'Neath the neon cross and a string of Christmas lights
[Verse 1]
Lola built this joint in sixty-seven
And her boy went out to fight on Christmas eve
In a war nobody won, she lost her only son
Now everything he loved is what you see
[Chorus]
Jesus and Elvis, painted on velvet
Hanging at the bar here every night
It's good to be back again, oh me and my old friends
'Neath the neon cross and a string of Christmas lights
[Verse 2]
Mama told them Jesus loves a sinner
His daddy said that music saved his soul
Between the drunkards and the band
It's a fitting promise land
For the King of Kings and the king of rock and roll
[Chorus]
Jesus and Elvis, painted on velvet
Hanging at the bar here every night
It's good to be back again, oh me and my old friends
'Neath the neon cross and a string of Christmas lights
[Bridge]
So if you need a shot of whiskey and redemption
Where the delta meets the sea of Galilee
Get washed in the blood of the Mississippi mud
Come all you non-believers and you'll see
[Chorus]
Jesus and Elvis, painted on velvet
Hanging at the bar here every night
It's good to be back again, oh me and my old friends
'Neath the neon cross and a string of Christmas lights
[Outro]
By and by, Lord, by and by
- Album:
- Noise (Single)
- Setting the World on Fire (Single)
- Cosmic Hallelujah
- The Big Revival
- American Kids (Single)
- Pirate Flag (Single)
- Life on a Rock
- Welcome to the Fishbowl
- Lucky Old Sun
- Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates
- Be as You Are (Songs from an Old Blue Chair)
- The Road and the Radio
- When the Sun Goes Down
- No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems
- Me And You
- All I Need To Know
- In My Wildest Dreams
- Miscellaneous
- Boys Of Fall (Single)
- Setting the World on Fire (with P!nk)